Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

paid in blackmail g. 200 to man who knew
that when Corners was boy he stole dozen
eggs. Corners has finally quit tie payments
! confessed his fault Gad PAID Tor the e@es'
THE income tax returns for the past year
show that Krupp, the gun man ufacturer,
pays @Tes Che hERs1 trtn ncf Rofh 81
enid ana BloIchroder rank neat, win ABOUT
s625, 900 each. -.i"".
AN English alliterative triumph is the fol-
lowing line, composed by lady in the year
| 1900 on the occasion Of a gentleman OF the
name Of Lee planting lane with ulacs;
| Let lovely hlacs Inc Lees lone tane!
| In which not only every word. -DuI every
| syllable, commences with the same letter.
AFTER the recent manGuvres OF the Ger
man army, a serenade was given IN honor OF
! the Empe ror and 1900 executants took part.
1t vas pitch dark, and, OF course, quite I'M =
possible for the bandsmen to see the conuu Gu
oT's beat. But science suggested an accu-
mulatcr on the music desk, connected WIN d
| properly covered wire secured along the con =
| ductor's stick, from the tip OF winch tnere
shCne a tiny electric light.
THE Indian reservations of the United
States contain 100000 square miles, and their
| population Is about 260 $50. Twen ty-slX
| thousand square miles would locate eacn
| family upon a half section OF land, leaving a
surplus of about 5000 square mi es, which
| would produce annually $4,48J,OOO. rms
| amount exceeds by hDOVi SDOO.'Uc III Oll'ilS
| sum appropriated for the payment OF their
subsistence ana civilization.
Mr.. SOL PALMER. who strung the first tele-
graph line out of New York. Is still alive at
the comparatively early age of 65 and active
| ly engaged 10 the business of telegraphy. AZ
| present ne is superintendent OF construction
! for the Western Union in the Second district
| of that corporation. with headquarters ~ 81.
| Louis. HIS is the largest territorial telegraph
| district in the world embracing all The c0un-
| try between the Mississippi river and the
| Pacific ocean.
THERE are now published in the United
States A,l60 newspapers and periodicals of
all classes. OF these 700 are religious and de-
nOmiuaLional papers. About 900 newspapers
are published m German. and iOrtV-tWo in
| French. The Polish, Finnish and Welsh pa
pers have the most unprOnouncaOle names.
rs for instance the Dzenswety ami the
| PrZiace Ludi, of Chicago; the YyhdpsWalla
in SanOmat, OF Ohio, and the \ Wawr, Of
| Utica, n. Y. one paper is published in
| Gaelic, one in Hebrew, one in Chinese ana
| one IN Cherokee.
QUEEN VICTORIA's coachmakers have just
renovated one of her majeoty's six state
! coaches in preparation for the court functions
of the jubilee year. The door handles and
! 2rmOrlal bearings are OF gold, as also are the
! crest and Order of st. George upon the roof
The booty of the carriage is of vermilion, pick
| ed out with god. and the springs and all the
| Ibh W Urn dlG fit NtplCoCH0dtlOu5 VI buC
crown and garter are among the adOrnments
| of the equpage. which is lined with blue
| silk. No fewer than 1900 leaves of gold were
| used IN the decoration.
DONKEY PARTIES are the latest thing in the
way Of social gathering in Milwaukee, A
| large silhouette representing a tallless donkey
Is cut out of paper or cloth and fastened uDon
the wall. To each of the guests are given a
| cambr!c tail and pin. Then they are bind
| folded, one by one, placed in corner oppO-
site the donkey, are whIrled three times
| arOund, and then started on Il blind search
for the donkey. upon which, if they reach 1t ,
| the tail is to be pinned. If the guest goes in
another direction and stUmbles against a
| wal, door. chair, or anything else, there he
must leave the tail.
THE ACCESSIBILITY OF inviting Evangelist
1 Moody to attend the Methodist Minister'S
meeting and give them points on the method
of conducting revival services, caused quite
a lively discussion in Chicago last week. The
! Rev. Mr.. Harding offered resolution lnvit-
| ing Mr..Moody TO attend. and it was passed.
| MIR. Bristol then offered another, restricting
| the audience u the ministers themselves, and
after this the dIspGte began. Presiding Elder
| Truedale took he floor and said: II have
| the highest respect for Mr.. Moody as an
| Evangelist and an earnest Christian worker;
| but, my God, if the time has come for the in
| structlng of Methodist ministers in their
| methods of conducting revivals, think a
special mourners' bench should be created
| instructions from Bishop simpsons works. [
admire Mr.. Moody, but cannot see tine ne
| cessity OF bringing him here to teach u.
Every Methodist minister Is and should he
| capable of the best kind Of Evangelist work and
we don't need outside help. What we want
| is earnest work among ourselves, and, for
thrown ont here this morning that we were
| incapable Of dong it" Mr.. Moody was not
| invited.
FASHIONS NEWEST "FAD"-and it threat
ems to be q formidable rival Of palmistry-is
! "eyesology," and no doubt ''eye5ologistsH VIII
soon be as plentiful as blackberres among us.
1t tells character from the color of the ewes.
| heard one of these wiseacres holding forth
the other day, and learned. with much secret
satisfaction, that hazel-eyed people are not
stupid, and further. that they show musical
ability and grace OF person. Steel gray eyes
with large pupils denote intense feeling.
! People with biue-gray eyes have kind hearts
and arc never mean-spirited. The ideal eve
is a perfect violet or IA velvet brown, espe-
cIallY if the latter is soft and gentle. Green
eyes do not exist simply in fiction, nor are
they as rare as ls generally supposed, and the
eyesOloglst declares that there are over 100
varieties of gray. II, on thinking over the. G
statements, II suddenly occurred 10 me that
happen 10 EnCw . haze!-Uye ed wunau VINO l.
a. graceful as 4 duck on shore. and has never
once been able TO Know one tune from
another, or identity any air except the '.OIu
| HundrCdth," nope L shall not be considered
to treat so important a new science" VIII
irrevtrent mirth. On the contrary, l am
very much obliged to the dlsC0yerers, who
have gwen me something to talk about il
these long winter afternoons.
THERE is a general complaint among Con-
gressnen that they are required to devote
TOO much time to looking after private claim.
against the government. At present there
are several thousand private claims pending
before the Senate ana House for amounts
ranging from $50 to $1,000. and the number
ls daily Increasing. OF course these claims
although apparently nsgnifCant, are very
important to those interested in them, and Il
is the general feeling that there should be q
| tribunal created to consider and decide al
clam for amounts less than s. ,O00 and thu.
relieve Congress from much annoyance anC
unnecessary labor In the early part Of las
session Representative Gibson, OF Maryland
introduced a bill to provide for Just such d
court or commission, but the House has moi
yet acted upon 1t. Those who have read II
pronounce IT an excellent measure. Should
this bill become a law there would be large
saving in the matter of public printing, anC
The corridors and mmIttee-rooms at the
capitol would not be filed day after day
during the sessions of Congress with clarm
agents and claimants. Mem bers OF the Com
mittee on Private Claims have but little time
10 devote to their other legislative duties un.
der the existing law. and they are haunted
continuously by claimants OF their agents.
Mrs. SARAH ELIZABETH MONMOUTH, who
died IN Loudon, N. II BE-, recently, aged 80, was
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